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TIL that Russians eat ice cream in the winter to be warm

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yv4V TIL that the series of British children’s books ‘Where’s Wally?’ is called 'Where’s Waldo?’ in the US, 'Where’s Willy?“ in Norway, 'Where’s Wōrī? in Japan, and 22 other different names, depending on what country you are in.
nexmB TIL American Airlines saved $40k a year by removing one olive from each food tray in first class
VAXG TIL once you’ve had an infection, 1 cell that produces the right antibodies for that virus is stored in your bone marrow for the rest of your life, readying the immune system to respond quickly and efficiently if that virus ever invades again.
W7k49 TIL that FDR was 39 years old when he contracted "infantile paralysis", the contemporary name for polio
69oxW TIL that if you know 2000 words in English, French or Spanish, you can understand 90% of conversation, while in Japanese same 2000 words give you about 65%.